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Buxfixes:

• argbash-init is able to handle empty string as the only argument without being puzzled (#130).
• Error handling of script working directory detection now more robust (#134).

New features:

• Argbash in the container has no longer the terminal output limitation caused by the crlf line ending (#129). Thanks to Felipe Santos (@felipecrs)!.
• The ARG_USE_PROG implementation was missing. Therefore, it was implemented as ARG_USE_PROGRAM using a slightly different interface.

It took Argbash one year to get another update, but 2.9.0 brings numerous bugfixes, noteworthy new features, and integration of the Docker Hub with the repository has been vastly improved.

Buxfixes:

• Fixed typo in argbash-init and updated obsolete/incaccurate hints (#97).
• Fixed incorrect permission of non-script output files (#104).
• Increased MacOS compatibility by removing terminator from the chmod invocation (#107).

New features:

• Increased flexibility of the help option (#92).
• Improved argbash-init script template (#85).
• Increased flexibility of the version option (#123).
• Added a convenience function for module loading (#119).
• Added a possibility to the argbash tool to generate the script in-place, exposed as the -i option.

This release fixes many issues, and it also doesn't enable the readlink -e functionality introduced in 2.8.0. So there is a slight breakage of backwards compatibility for those who use the standalone mode and who use symlinks.

Incompatible changes (minor):

• The DEFINE_SCRIPT_DIR macro doesn't resolve symlinks as it started to do so in 2.8.0, use DEFINE_SCRIPT_DIR_GNU if you need the functionality.

New features (minor):

• The help message now contains reference for one-of argument types (#76).

Bugfixes:

• The environment variables help message has been fixed (#79).
• The manpage generation works when long description is supplied (#78).
• The DEFINE_SCRIPT_DIR macro doesn't use readlink -e any more (#74).
• Completion generation works even when there are no options followed by value (#77).

New features:

• Allow argbash and argbash-init to be run from symbolic links.
• Allow scripts generated by argbash-init with complete separation (-s -s) to be run from a symbolic link.
• Implemented output to generate manpages using the rst2man utility (fixes #37).
• Introduced the ARG_VERSION_AUTO macro.

Bugfixes:

• Double quotes in help messages are escaped (fixes #61).
• Fixed regression that allowed duplicate short options (fixes #58).

This is a minor feature / bugfix release. The bash completion has seen some love, and the docopt output regression has been fixed.

New features:

• The bash completion now supports arguments of one-of-restricted values.

Bugfixes:

• Tests pass when there is no dash shell installed.
• The double-dash handling when -- is the last argument has been improved.
• The generated bash completion is now complementing (i.e. not shadowing) the default bash completion.
• Docopt fatal regression has been fixed.
• Tests were added for docopt output.

2.7.0 (2018-07-19)

This version of Argbash brings the long-awaited POSIX shell output mode. The generated code uses the getopts builtin if applicable, and although it doesn't support all features of full Bash script output, the most common functionality works.

New features:

• ARGBASH_WRAP works recursively - you can wrap wrapped scripts.
• Introduced new output - the strict POSIX shell output.

Bugfixes:

• Fixed comment of the evaluate_strictness function in commented mode.
• ARG_OPTIONAL_BOOL won't let you specify other default values than on or off.
• Fixed bash completion containing a leading newline.
• Fixed Argbash bash completion generated filename.

Bugfixes:

• Fixed the installation issue related to bash completion.
• Allowed docopt and completion output even in case of stdin input and stdout output.

New features:

• Initial support for bash completion.
• Introduction of the --strip argument to argbash (deprecates the --library option).
• Initial support for docopt output.

Bugfixes:

• Fixed wrapping of scripts with repeated optional arguments.
• All scripts + tests are checked by Shellcheck.
• The ARGBASH_WRAP macro now supports looking for templates in subdirectories.
• Documentation expansion.

This is a bugfix release that will please advanced users of Argbash.

Bugfixes:

• Fixed argbash-init corner cases (wrong output filename).
• Corrected argbash-init hint mode.
• Allowed argbash to wrap scripts in files with no extension.
• Fixed compatibility with the -e (i.e. "strict") mode (fixed #30).

New features:

• The generated shell case statement is considerably nicer.
• Support for having more Argbash versions simultainously (applies to Argbash version that implement the make alt(un)install targets)
• Argbash functionality is now encapsulated in shell functions.
• API macros have checks against wrong number of arguments supplied.
• Short options can be also numeric.
• Introduced DIY mode as a preview feature.
• A Docker image of argbash is available on Docker hub. Thanks to Peter Cummuskey!

Bugfixes:

• Improved feedback when users provide invalid input (fixed #8, #9).
• The underlying code has been cleaned and distributed into multiple files.
• Fixed m4_list_indices to be consistent with m4_list_nth.
• Much-improved handling of typed arguments (fixed #25, #26).
• Improved documentation. Thanks to Bianca Tamayo!